“Why dig a hole when you don’t need to dig it - when you can pay someone to dig a hole?' tribe secretary and treasurer Keith B Anderson told the New York Times. Since 1996, the tribe has donated approximately $243 million to charity and lent about $478 million.īut a few of the tribal elders worry that the massive profits raked in from the casinos and resorts will spoil the younger generations and rob them of their understanding of the value of money.

It's always used the money to gain clout in the community.” “Combined with the tribe's Little Six Casino, revenues reportedly make up the lion's share of Minnesota's $1.4 billion gambling profits,” the report adds, “The tribe has used the money to generous donations to other Indian tribes - lending money and giving grants. It includes five restaurants, a 600-room hotel, convention center, 2,100 seat showroom, 8,350 seat outdoor amphitheater and a top-notch golf course,” the Daily reports, adding that The Mystic Lake Casino is the fourth-largest Indian casino in the U.S. “The Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is build on a man-made lake.

The resorts and casinos turned that around.

Where does reservation casino money go